Re: BlueSaab Legacy Amp PCB?

Posted by Seth on Nov 14, 2016; 5:29pm
URL: http://bluesaab-forum.90.s1.nabble.com/BlueSaab-Legacy-Amp-PCB-tp785p788.html

Yes, so that cable you linked to has the car side connector. That would probably be the easiest way to make the connection, but also more expensive than option B: buying the connector and pins, and crimping the pins onto 8 wires, and inserting the pins into the connector. I've done route B and it's not bad, but also a little time consuming. But I have a cable I made like this and it works great.

So this "side project" isn't finalized; it's small enough that yeah, you could probably just put a sleeve of heatshrink over the whole thing and call it good. I wouldn't call it ideal, but it would work just as well.

As far as using ethernet goes...those wires are pretty small, and since this device is a pass-thru for power, I wouldn't recommend it. I think the car uses 16ga wire for power and ground, and 18ga for all others. But a good idea, though :) This module itself will probably pull something like 25mA, but the module on the other side will pull more than that (if it's a BlueSaab module, less than 100mA).